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JOSEPH IBER'G, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STEWART-WARNER SPEEDOMETER COBYOBATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

VEHICLE-Buuren suiron'n Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept..18, 1917.

To ai! fwmin. t may concer/n:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Bene, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ghicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Bumper Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawin s, forming a part thereof.

he purpose of this invention is to provide an improved form of supporting device for a vehicle bumper, particularly ada ated to certain well known types of automo ile. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described as lindicated in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan View of a portion of an automobile frame, having the bumper supports which constitute this invention mounted upon it.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a section at the line, 3-3, on Fig. 2. Y

Fig. 4 is a section at the line, 4 4, on Fig. 2. f

In the drawings, 1, 1, represent the side bars of the frame of the automobile. 2 is the transverse bar at the end ot' which the bumper is to .be applied. 3 represents a bracket rigidly mounted on the outer side of the side bar at the end of the transverse bar for the purpose of affording securement for certain other parts of the structure, and commonly referred to as the lamp bracket. 4, 4, are the bumper-supporting arms at the opposite sides of the vehicle, having the bumper arts secured to their -forward ends, the uniper parts being shown in dotted lines, their particular construction not constituting any part of the present invention. Each of the bumper-supporting arms, 4, is recessed p as shown at 4, toaccoinnidate the lamp bracket, 3, when the bumper-supporting arm is applied upon the outer side of the side bar, 1 the recess, 4, being formed so that the bumper-supporting arm engages the bracket at the forward side,--that is, for the thrust which will be communicated from the hun1`pcr,-and at thev upper side` for taking the down weight of the bumper and supporting arm. The bumper-supporting arm extends from the lamp bracket along the side bar, 1, for a distance of sc veral inches and is provided at the end with a projection, 4b, which engages under the lower edge of the side bar. Belo1 the upper shoulder of this projection, 4b, the arm is provided with a bolt aperture, 4, through which the threaded end of a hook bolt, 5, extends, the bolt extending under the lower edge of the side bar, l, and its hook end engaging with the inner edge-of said side bar, so that the nut, G, applied upon the outer threaded end of the bolt may clamp the-arm, 4, against the side bar. The foregoing description applies cqually to the two arms, 4, at the opposite sides of the frame. These two arms are connected by a tie 1nd,?, which extends across the frame in front of the transverse bar, 2, thereof, passing through apertures, 4d, in the brackets, 4, and having its ends threaded and provided with nuts, 7a, which are tightened to clamp both the brackets simultaneously against the outer sides of the side bars, 1, to which they are respectively applied, the clamping stress being opposed to the clamping stress of the hookbolts, 5. The wide base ai'orded by the distance between the tie rods and the hook bolts serves to render the securement of the bumper-supporting arms to the vehicle'frame vside bars very irm. For the purpose of further bracing the arms against any distortion, they are each provided with a projection, 4f, whichv extends under the transverse bar, 2, of the frame, and thus, in addition to preventing the distortion, they serve to check any upward movement of the forward ends of the arms and of the bumper carried thereby.

1. In combination with a vehicle frame having a side bar, and a bracket rigid with the side bar at tho outer side thereof; a bumper-supporting arm applied against the outer side of the side bar, and recessed to accommodate and engage the bracket; a hook which engages the innerend of the arm beyond the bracket with the side bar, extending under thel latter for such engagement; a rod engaging the arm at the opposite end of the bracket from said hook and extending across the frame; moans with which the rod engages at the opposite side of the frame from said sido bar, and means on the rod for clamping the arm against the side bar.

2. In combination with the frame of an automobile having a side bar, and a bracket rigid with the side b ar at the outer side thereof; a bumper-supporting arm applied against the outer side of the side bar 'and recessed t'ohaccommbdate the bracket and engage above it; al hook which engages the inner end of thea-rm beyond the bracket with a side bar, extending under the latter for Such engagement; a rod engaging the arm at the opposite side of the bracket from said hook and extending across the frame; means with which the rod engages at the opposite side of the frame from said side bar, and means on the rod for clamping the arm against the side bar, the frame having a transverse bar and the bumper supporting arm having a projection which engages under said transverse bar.

3. In combination With the frame of an automobile having ,side bars and a transverse bar connecting them, and brackets rigid with the side bars at the outer sides thereof,

bumper-supporting arms applied against the outer` sides of the side bars respectlveiy, and recessed to accommodate and engage the brackets; hook bolts engaged with the inner ends of said bumper-supporting arms, having their hook ends engaged with the side bars and extending under the latter for such engagement; nuts on the bolts outside the bumper-Supporting arms for tightening said engagement; a tie rod extending across the frame in front ofthe transversebar and engaging the bumper-supporting arms, and means for tightening .said tie rbds to clamp the bumpersupporting arms against the outer sides of the side bars. A

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Iliinois, this 7 day 04:' June, 1917.

JOSEPH BERG.

VEmoLE-BUMPER SUPPORT. Patent. dated Disclaimer leld June 6, 1920, by the assignee, Stewart- Wamr speedometer Oorporaiion. Enters this disclaimer- DISCLAIMER.

1.240,l67.--Joseph Berg, Chicago, Ili.

September 18, 1917.

To the whole of the claims in said specification.

{Ojicial Gazette June 22, 1.920.] 

